Step 2 – What is the API Key

Step 2 – What is the API Key

To use the API you will need an API Key or Token that you will pass along your request. You need to sign up to get it, and yes, there is a free plan you can use as long as you want.

If you click on the “clipboard” icon the full API Key string will be copied to your clipboard.

The API is restricted by this API Key. Each subscription plan is limited to a number of API requests per day. If you exceed that limit in a 24 hour period the service will return a 429 HTTP status code. There is also a rate limit per minute, and it is proportional to the plan of your subscription. If you need to make more requests you should consider a paid plan with more quota and higher rate-limit. You can know in real time the quota consumed daily from the Dashboard.

Apility.io expects for the API Key to be included in all API requests made. It can be included as a header or as a query string parameter.